The much-hyped “fight of the year”—which, according to many viewers, felt like a lackluster showing from two sluggers nearing the end of their careers—may be behind us, but the post-fight controversy is still brewing. The Associated Press is reporting that Manny Pacquiao didn’t disclose a shoulder injury—a torn rotator cuff—that he claims he suffered before…

On Monday, Lawrence Taylor Jr., the son of former NFL player Lawrence Taylor, pleaded guilty to child molestation and statutory rape. He will serve 10 years in prison, CBS Atlanta reports. “Taylor acknowledged the state had enough evidence to convict him of the statutory rape of his girlfriend’s teenage daughter, which occurred four or five…

On Friday afternoon, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced that officers involved in Freddie Gray’s death would be charged. Shortly before the announcement, the Baltimore police union released a scathing open letter defending the officers, questioning Mosby’s relationship with the Gray family and her husband’s political interest in the case, and calling for a special…

Kevin Moore recorded video on April 12 of Freddie Gray being dragged into a police van by three Baltimore officers. Gray would die a week later from injuries sustained while in police custody. Since then, the video has gone viral and Baltimore has been set aflame by protesters demanding an explanation of what happened to…

A Republican member of the Maryland General Assembly thinks he may have a way to stop the rioting in Baltimore and quell what he deemed “Thug Nation”: Take away food stamps. Maryland state Del. Pat McDonough appeared on a conservative radio program and agreed with a caller who suggested that the way to end rioting…

For months there has been speculation that three places—New York, Chicago and Hawaii—were the front-runners to land the Barack Obama Presidential Library and Museum, and now there appears to be a clear winner. According to the Chicago Tribune, the president’s birthplace (Hawaii) and New York (where the president earned his undergraduate degree) were both close to…

Because of health concerns, doctors once suggested that Dellarontay Readus’ mother not carry her pregnancy to term. She wouldn’t hear of it. Instead she had the boy and raised him on her own. On Tuesday Readus, who was accepted at all eight Ivy League institutions, announced that he is heading to Stanford University. “I would…

A man who is currently in prison but shared the police van with Freddie Gray when the 25-year-old Baltimore man was arrested April 12, claims that Gray was “banging against the walls” of the van, trying to intentionally injure himself, according to a report in the Washington Post. Gray died a week after his arrest…

Toya Graham is a single mother raising six children, including a 16-year-old son, Michael, in Baltimore. She wasn’t looking to go viral when she walked outside and pulled her son out of protests Monday; she was looking to save his life. “He gave me eye contact. And at that point, you know, not even thinking…